http://www.moviesforguys.com Movie reviews from the perspective of the typical guy. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:16:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 29 years later, comes this prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 movie The Thing. The John Carpenter one was itself a remake of the 1951 movie The Thing From Another World, which was based on the 1938 John W. Campbell novella "Who Goes There?" All have the same basic premise: A ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/the-thing/ John W. Campbell's 1938 science fiction novella "Who Goes There?" has certainly spawned, or sprouted, a lot of sequels, spinoffs, and re-imaginings, usually called one THE THING or another. As well as imitators; there were episodes of DOCTOR WHO and X-FILES that were very THE THING-influenced. [caption id="attachment_1646" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/the-thing-about-the-thing/ Duncan Jones directed the excellent 2009 science fiction movie MOON. His new movie is SOURCE CODE, another science fiction movie with Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, and Jeffrey Wright. Here's the trailer: Or here. Opens April 1st (No joke!). http://www.moviesforguys.com/source-code-trailer/ Hatchet 2 is a sequel to an independant film from 2006 that saw the birth of America's newest horror icon; Victor Crowley.  In an exclusive interview with Adam Green, director and writer of the franchise I got an opportunity to ask him some questions about the Horror genre, what inspired him ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/hatchet-2-exclusive-interview-with-directorwriter-adam-green/ For everyone that complains about how high your insurance and medical bills are; "The Union" will happily take your calls. Jude Law leads a star studded cast of bad asses hell bent on one thing; collecting your overdue organs. Loosely based on "Repo: The Genetic Opera" (Only worth watching to see ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/repo-men/  Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Stan Lee and Quentin Tarantino had a brain child? Well wonder no longer and enter Kick Ass! Finding the crucial balance between glorious gratuitous violence and the subtle humor of comic book movies. Something Sam Rami has yet to catch ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/kick-ass/ In 1984 Wes Craven created one of the most iconic film villains of all time. Freddy Krueger tormented teenagers in their normal adolescent dreams, not afraid to make it a little bloody and  cheesy. Now in our technologically superior 2010 we have turned A Nightmare on Elm Street into A Nightmare at the Box ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/a-nightmare-on-elm-street/ In the 2007 movie Grindhouse (Planet Terror), Robert Rodriguez added a fake trailer for a nonexistent movie called Machete. The concept is pretty simple: What if the guy who plays The Heavy, the scarred henchman of the main villain in a zillion action movies, was actually the hero? Danny ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/machete/ Last night, Wednesday September 1st, the Plaza Theater in Atlanta had a sneak preview screening of Machete, the Robert Rodriguez film that started as a fake trailer in Grindhouse and became a real film, starring Danny Trejo as, well, a tough hombre with a machete. Before the movie ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/fete-machete/ Now that Predators has been in theaters for two weeks... Warning, here be spoilers. Although I try to keep a few things mysterious. Still, avert your eyes if you wish to remain pure and untainted and unspoiled. No kidding. Really. Spoilers. SPOILERS. ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/spoilerific-thoughts-on-predators/ The Other Guys will have a 2nd city premiere on August 5th. You can vote on Facebook to make it in your city. If you happen to live in one of those 20 cities, that is: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/the-other-guys-vote-on-facebook-for-2nd-premiere-city/ The Disappearance of Alice Creed is a thriller starring Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace, Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time). It opens in theaters August 6. You can view the first 5 minutes here: Or you can watch the video here, or download it here. Here's the ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/the-disappearance-of-alice-creed-sneak-peek/ Better than Predator 2, far better than the Alien Vs. Predator movies, and almost as good as the original 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Predator. If an action-adventure TV series (particularly science fiction) goes on long enough, they usually do "The Most Dangerous Game" episode. This was a 1924 short ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/predators/ Sequel to the 2008 Iron Man, John Favreau returns as director. This time around, Tony Stark must deal with an ambitious industrialist (Sam Rockwell) and a Russian bent on revenge (Mickey Roarke, playing Whiplash, although never mentioned by moniker). Gwyneth Paltrow returns as his secretary-maybe-love-interest, and Scarlett Johannson plays Black ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/iron-man-2/ Guy Richie is best known for directing modern-day British gangster movies. Here he does a revisionist Sherlock Holmes movie with a lot of action. Robert Downey, Jr. plays Holmes as a quirky-but-cool eccentric. He doesn't do a lot of detecting, but he's ready to box, shoot guns, ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/sherlock-holmes/ It's been 12 years since James Cameron's Titanic, and he's back with another epic. This one is a science fiction yarn. In the future, humans have managed interstellar flight, and they've found life on the moon of a gas giant orbiting another star. They've ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/avatar/ Wes Anderson's sixth movie, and his first fully stop-animated one. Based on the book by Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, etc.). I haven't read the book, so I have no idea how faithful the movie is to the original material. Wes Anderson tends ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/fantastic-mr-fox/ The Asylum is a film studio that makes "mockbusters", straight-to-DVD releases that often just happen to be of a similar title and general theme of a movie coming almost immediately to a theater near you.   For example, The Day The Earth Stopped,  timed with the release of the remake of  ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/traci-lords-princess-of-mars/ Daniel Craig's second turn as James Bond was something of a disappointment in the theater. Casino Royale was such a successful reboot, that expectations were high, but Quantum had problems. However, on DVD I find myself a little more forgiving. Even bad Bond is pretty good. The ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/quantum-of-solace/ On Sunday, October 18th, starting at 3 PM, the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta will have a food drive to benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank. 5 food cans or $5 will get you in. Monty Python and the Holy Grail at 3 PM, and ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/monty-python-food-drive-atlanta-1018/ This is a followup to the 2006 movie Paris je t'aime, a collection of short stories set in Paris by different directors. This time New York City is the stage, with 11 different directors contributing. So each segment is around 10 minutes or less. [caption id="attachment_1370" ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/new-york-i-love-you/ Zombieland is a typical boy meets girl, girl turns into flesh eating undead beasty and tries to eat boy, boy goes into the world to find his destiny and he discovers his destiny is Frakked... Throw in Woody Harrelson, 2 traveling grifters, a quest for Twinkies, and a comedy legend ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/zombieland/ The Hangover is what raunchy comedies should be.   And that is quite simply over the top funny.   Make no apologies, there is nothing that goes too far.   These guys succeeded, we laughed from start to finish. [caption id="attachment_1347" align="alignleft" width="550" caption="The Hangover"][/caption] The premise is classic.  Doug, played by Justin Bartha, is ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/the-hangover/ Tarantino's long-awaited World War II epic has finally arrived, the carefully misspelled Inglourious Basterds. Tarantino loves movies. He loves World War II epics, particularly of the Dirty Dozen variety. He loves espionage films. He loves spaghetti westerns. He loves revenge action movies. ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/inglourious-basterds/ This Thursday, August 20th, various theaters across the U.S. are having a live broadcast of RiffTrax (The former MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 guys, Mike crew) doing PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. 8 PM ET. Here's more info on it with a list of theaters. http://www.moviesforguys.com/rifftrax-plan-9-live-broadcast-theaters-aug-20/ Every year around Labor Day the Starlight Six Drive-In in Atlanta has their Drive Invasion. Sunday, Sept. 6, this year. Bands start playing at 11 AM, and then after sunset the movies start. This year's movie lineup: AMERICAN GRAFFITI (Trailer on YouTube). A SPECIAL SURPRISE PSYCHEDELIC WESTERN (I have strong ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/drive-invasion-762009/ This summer we've seen a variety of movies with science fiction trappings, but none of them are very good science fiction. Now comes a movie that's a throwback to hard science fiction, to book science fiction. Moon stars Sam Rockwell, and is directed by Duncan Jones, son of David ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/moon/ This movie will probably be described as an anti-romantic comedy, but that isn't really accurate. It's a romantic comedy about a romance that doesn't work out. Lest I be accused of spoilers, this is revealed in the first thirty seconds of the film. [caption id="attachment_1293" align="alignleft" width="447" caption="(500) Days ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/500-days-of-summer/ There was a lot, and I mean alot of explosions.   There was also lots of people on screen running in slow motion while very dramatic music was playing.  I must've been at a Michael Bay movie!   Yup, Michael Bay is back with more Transformers, a lot more Transformers. Transformers: Revenge of ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen/ The third Ice Age movie opens in theaters on Wednesday, July 1st, but on Father's Day, Sunday June 21st, you can see the film in 330 theaters across the U.S., one day only.    Here's a list of theaters where it'll be playing on Father's Day. [caption id="attachment_1273" align="alignleft" width="423" caption="Ice Age: Dawn ... http://www.moviesforguys.com/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs-fathers-day-sneak-preview/